SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy BLOG

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Zipper gets more interactive.

By Ed Lewis

It's official: Zipper Interactive has now entered the blogosphere. For the past couple of weeks, the developer of the popular SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs games on the PS2 has been contributing content about the franchise to a new blog that's being run by SCEA. While the information on the site has a little bit of information so far about the upcoming SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy SEALs, it has largely focused on the history of the franchise. This is sure to change as the release date gets ever closer.

One of the historical posts at the blog contains a brief history of the game's evolution over the course of the three games. Another post has been touting the e-SEALs community site. Still other posts have talked about the changes in SOCOM 3 that have already been reported elsewhere. So far it does not contain much that's new, but it does containt it all within one handy location and it encourages readers to post comments onto the blog so that Zipper can get some feedback.

While the site is just taking the first steps in helping to enhance the feeling of community. In the future, SCEA is panning on expanding the material much further to include developer diaries, updates on development, new assets, and info about the new community features. That's when things should get really interesting. Of course, the best way to ensure that this happens is to check it out and post some comments so that SCEA knows it's getting a good reaction. If it all works well, there could be another blog for the PSP version as well.

As blogs are getting more popular and the blogosphere widens its scope we're beginning to see more interaction between the developers and the fans. One great example is David Jaffe's blog. As the game director for both God of War and Twisted Metal: Black, Jaffe has been providing an insight into what it feels like to be on the other side of the games. With luck, the Zipper team will be just as forthcoming in their future posts.